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The Which Way Tree - Softcover

Crook, Elizabeth

 
9780316434942: The Which Way Tree
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0316434949 ISBN 13: 9780316434942
Verlag: Back Bay Books, 2019

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A Library of Congress 'Great Read'

The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to avenge her mother's death.

Early one morning in the remote hill country of Texas, a panther savagely attacks a family of homesteaders, mauling a young girl named Samantha and killing her mother, whose final act is to save her daughter's life. Samantha and her half brother, Benjamin, survive, but she is left traumatized, her face horribly scarred.

Narrated in Benjamin's beguilingly plainspoken voice, The Which Way Tree is the story of Samantha's unshakeable resolve to stalk and kill the infamous panther, rumored across the Rio Grande to be a demon, and avenge her mother's death. In their quest she and Benjamin, now orphaned, enlist a charismatic Tejano outlaw and a haunted, compassionate preacher with an aging but relentless tracking dog. As the members of this unlikely posse hunt the panther, they are in turn pursued by a hapless but sadistic Confederate soldier with troubled family ties to the preacher and a score to settle.

In the tradition of the great pursuit narratives, The Which Way Tree is a breathtaking saga of one steadfast girl's revenge against an implacable and unknowable beast. Yet with the comedic undertones of Benjamin's storytelling, it is also a timeless tale full of warmth and humor, and a testament to the enduring love that carries a sister and brother through a perilous adventure with all the dimensions of a legend.

"A ripping adventure [with] a show-stopping finale."-Wall Street Journal

"The stuff of legends."-Attica Locke

"Powerful, sly, and often charming."-Daniel Woodrell

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Elizabeth Crook has published four previous novels, including The Night Journal, which received the Spur Award from Western Writers of America, and Monday, Monday, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014 and winner of the Jesse H. Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. She lives in Austin with her family.

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Verlag
Back Bay Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316434949
ISBN 13 
9780316434942
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Anzahl der Seiten
288
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